Stricken Proverbs
A full vessel is inaudible.
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Every cliff has a glass edge,
every chasm a covering cloud.
Every lining has a hidden needle.
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Many a sickle rakes the stubble.
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A rip in space needs a stitch in time.
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Time's flies wait to feast on no man.
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Art longs for the brevity of life.
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Never a nail in the blacksmith's forge,
nor a pen in the poet's pocket.
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Home is where the heart can't live.
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All Rome leads to are roads.
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For the deep well: a long cord and a light bucket.
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Where there's a will, there's a wall.
– by Jamie McKendrick (seen earlier here translating Valerio Magrelli)